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Reinstate Labor Studies at UMass Boston
In December, the UMass Boston administration decided to discontinue the Labor Studies program for budgetary reasons. This program is the only of its kind in New England and is essential to educating new leaders in the workforce. The UMass Boston Labor Studies program has a proud history of
What is Labor Studies and why is it important?
Some people have asked me "what is labor studies?"
Labor Studies is an interdisciplinary
field focused on issues of work, workers and their organizations (unions, etc.). It
draws from such disciplines as history, sociology, economics, political
science, law, …
Why is this campaign important to you?
Important institut of administration.
I am absolve for university Boston and contribution my efective education .
Labour Studies is what I should have taken... before I started work as a union organizer.
I was a union, rep, sec. Treasurer. The union saved hope, and helped people to do better in their work.
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Labor is the very essence of the working "middle class." Our nation is at its best and strongest when the middle class is prospering!
This is important because we need to know the contribution that labor represents to our economy and it is needed to counterbalance the arrogance and the one-sided propaganda of the employers and the CEO's who simply spend billins to defear any reasonable request of hard working people anythere in the country. It is also important to reveal to the country how foolish and immoral such laws as RIGHT TO WORK are. They are a travesty and an abuse of meaningful language. Labor has a right to...
…This is important because we need to know the contribution that labor represents to our economy and it is needed to counterbalance the arrogance and the one-sided propaganda of the employers and the CEO's who simply spend billins to defear any reasonable request of hard working people anythere in the country. It is also important to reveal to the country how foolish and immoral such laws as RIGHT TO WORK are. They are a travesty and an abuse of meaningful language. Labor has a right to dialogue with the country and we must have the best thinking on labor in the universities as well as in the market place.
Because I have been enrolled in this degree program! Also, it would be important to me anyway, for the reasons stated above (extreme wealth/resource disparity, etc.).
As a union activist for most of my working life I know the importance of educating students about the role of unions and the labor movement. Our labor studies program is unique and irreplacable. It creates a place where students can gain knowledge and get practical experience to prepare them for a role in their worklife tha.
t goes beyond themselves. I am saddened and disappointed that the leadership at UMass Boston a place where we once had an urban mission, has made such a rash decision! What are they thinking?